Salvador [1986] Review – An Indignant Portrayal of US-backed Brutalities in Central America
Salvador (1986) was Oliver Stone’s first good political cinema; radical in its intent and featuring a well-evolved visceral outlet to…
Mrs. America [2020] Review – A tale of revolution, with a counter revolutionary at the center
In 2020, something as basic as constitutional equality might not seem radical to most of us. However, in 1971, the…
Spark: A Burning Man Story [2013] Review – A surface level documentation of the greatest party in the world
To really understand the value of Burning Man – an event that has taken a mighty course in the history…
High Maintenance (2016-) Review: HBO’s Empathy Machine
High Maintenance is a gem. It’s difficult picking good TV to watch with a group of people since “good” means…
Welcome To Sajjanpur and the “Quirky Heartland Comedy” Trope
Revisiting Shyam Benegal’s Welcome to Sajjanpur now made me realize how this 2008 sleeper hit had all the tropes of…
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet [2020] Netflix Review – A Clarion Call to Save the World
It is heartbreaking to see a 93-year-old man (now aged 94) on-screen pleading humankind to stop destroying the love of…
Pen15 (Season 2) HULU Review – Cringe Comedy that Manages to be Insightful
Although most of us are opposed to taking a trip down the memory lane of our embarrassing and awkward days…
My Octopus Teacher [2020] Netflix Review: An Extraordinarily Beautiful Documentary
After watching yet another documentary about the natural world close on the heels of David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet (2020), I…